Gutter hanger circle



Sept. 15, 1931. H. SHAW GUTTER HANGER CIRCLE Filed July 9, 1926 J ETT WIT/V5.55: I

Patented Sept. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES NT-o FFic HERBERT sHAw, OF PHILADELPHIA, PEnnsy vANIA. ssmmam BERGER P nos.

COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A =co1aPonATI'0N F PENNSYL- VANIA GUTTER HANGER cIR'cLE Application filed July 9,

My invention relates to gutter hanger circles such as are used for supporting gutters on buildings.

Gutter hanger circles of the type to which my invention relates are usually so constructed as to afford a gutter supporting portion, curved to conform to the under side of a gutter, and a shank portion adapted to be engaged with a hanger or support secured to the building.

The shank portion of the circle is usually secured to the hanger by means of a bolt, the shank and hanger each being provided with a plurality of holes for the passage of the bolt and enabling the height of the difl'erent circles supporting a gutter to be varied, thus permitting the gutter to be given a fall or slant.

Since the circle and hanger are desirably secured together with but one bolt, the shank of the circle is provided with a bead,

which, when the circle is assembled to a hanger, lies in a groove in the hanger, or

if the hanger be formed from material of channel section, the bead lies within the channel, and when the bolt is tight, prevents turning of the circle on the hanger under the weight of the gutter.

The circle structures heretofore known are satisfactory if the bolt used for securing them to the hangers is well tightened up, causing the head on the shank to be securely held in the groove or channel of the hanger, but where, because of inaccessibility or carelessness, the bolt is not fully tightened, the known structures prove unsatisfactory, since the weight of the gutter on the circle and tending to turn it will cause the bead on the circle shank to leave the groove or channel of the hanger and the circle will turn down relative to the hanger under the weight of the gutter.

Now, it is the object of my invention to provide a circle so constructed that it will be positively prevented or stopped from turning under the weight of the gutter, even though it be only relatively loosely secured to the hanger.

Having now indicated, in a general way, 50 the nature and purpose of my invention, I

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will proceed to a detailed description thereof; with reference to the. accompanying drawings in which there is illustrated a preferred embodiment and in which Fig. l is a side view of a gutter hanger circle in association with a hanger indicated in broken lines.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the subject of Fig. 1, looking in direction of arrow 3. 6

Referring to the figures, a indicates the body of a gutter hanger circle, provided with a gutter supporting flange b and a lower flange 0. The circle may, for eXa1nple, be made from material of channel section.

The circle is provided with a shank d, at one end, and with a hook 6 formed at the other end. On the shank is found a rib f provided V with a series of holes 9. On the rear of the body of the circle, which in the embodiment illustrated is flat since the gutter supporting flange b and the lower flange a both extend in the same direction, there is provided a stop member it, formed by displacement of a portion of the body, as by punching. The stop member IL is preferably flattened or made straight on one side out of line with the rib f.

The hanger 2', formed from channel material and provided with a series of holes 9', is adapted to be secured to the roof or eaves of the building and to have secured to it for support, the circle.

The circle to be secured to the hanger is placed with its shank portion d adjacent to the hanger j with the rib f in the channel of the hanger. In this position the stop memher it will be positioned adjacent to a side of the hanger, as shown in the several figures.

' The circle is secured to the hanger by means of a bolt is passed through aligned holes in 0 the rib and hanger.

As will now be observed, the stop'h on the circle bearing against the edge a side of the hanger, will prevent the circle from drop ping or turning down under the weight of the gutter, even though the bolt k be not fully tightened.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Let ters Patent is A gutter hanger circle formed from material of channel section and having a portion curved to form a gutter supporting seat and a section extending tangentially to the 5 gutter supporting seat, the Web of the tangentially extending section being distorted to form a hanger engaging rib extending in a direction opposite the flanges of the channel, and a projecting boss also extending in a direction opposite the flanges of the channel and formed by punching of the Web between said flanges, the boss having a vertically extending flat face of extent less than the distance between the flanges adapted to abut the si %e of a hanger which is engaged bysaid r1 In testimony of Which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 26th day of June, 1926. HERBERT SHAW. 

